U.S. citizens will get a crack at the Xperia Z2 later this summer when the unlocked version of the phone becomes available via Sony's U.S. online store. As far as the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact is concerned, U.S. consumers will need to go overseas for this one. Not only won't the highly spec'd mini be seen on the shelves of any U.S. carrier, it also will not be offered online.

What PA?? You're title is misleading! "U.S. citizens will get a crack at the Xperia Z2 later this summer when the unlocked version of the phone becomes available via Sony's U.S. online store." not coming really??

Just because you put it out on the shelves it doesn't mean people will buy it. There are plenty of good products only available outside of North America. The reasons can range from logistics to budget to Apple patenting everything.

Who knows the reason. All we need to know is that the Sony investors are not willing to make the Z2 available on every carrier. My guess is because they probably lost too much money on previous Xperia flagships trying to push it in the US and want to concentrate in the areas where they KNOW for sure people will buy the Z2.

Yeah I agree... plus they probably make more money bypassing carriers, at least in the short term which is the way they do things apparently.

But my issue is that even on Sony store, they lack stock quantities... the variety is very limited... My mom travel last year to Florida and she was going to get the Xperia SP which seemed to fit her needs, and budget price.. but after some visits to Sony Stores, she ended up getting the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini (for a good price) since it was wildly available...

If they release it in the US they have to spend millions of dollars for marketing. They can't just roll it out cause if they can't do better marketing than its competitors they will not only sell less devices but it will also have a negative impact on their brand image.

For this I go with Sony. Sony is already famous for their premium high technology. Sony's TV, game counsels, and home appliances are doing well. It's better to keep up with the smartphone tech competition while concentrating on those products that sell well

Maybe Sony thinks they are above negotiating wholesale pricing terms with U.S. carriers? That is as bad as (actually, I think it is worse than) a carrier exclusive. Now, no carrier is pitching Sony phones to their customers.

US is a huge market, but extremely difficult to penetrate. You have to have a model the will work for each of the US carrriers, support those models, and bring the marketing dough to compete with Samsung and Apple.

Sony doesn't feel like they are in a good position to risk it right now, and are focusing their efforts on the markets where they already have influence and penetration (Europe and Asia). Also, in general, you only need one or two models of phones to cover that entire region.

HTC is a perfect example. They make solid phones, but every year they are in the red, bc they can not compete with the big guys.

I am actually impressed that Sony is at least making the phone available to sell in the US. It appeases the people who really want the Sony Z2 without having to make the huge risk to try and penetrate until they are ready.

I personally think Sony did a good thing by not releasing the Z2 in the US. The only smartphones on the mind of most US consumers are the iPhone and a Samsung Galaxy. Sony anyways wouldn't have sold much. And the US is pretty much saturated. They should concentrate on marketing the phone in countries where they are popular and sell the Z2 there. This would increase their brand recognition in emerging markets.

It's why I can't take Sony serious in the smartphone game. Such a great name and presence that you would figure that they could easily rival Samsung across the market. At a time Sony was much bigger than Apple in name alone.
If I was Sony I would make a flagship game phone with either attachable or slide out controls with spec's that rival Samsung and HTC flagships. Not that miserable attempt with xperia play a few years ago. To fight piracy just add extra hardware for game authentication and add a Sony game store along with Google play. Sony should be using the PlayStation brand to their advantage.

Sony announced z2 in January ces, so they should have been release in February before s5 and HTC one m8 announced. So they can get dam good sell numbers, idk what happened, but they had perfect timed but didn't use time perfectly.

Even chinese are spreading their wings to enter US market... how come sony cant do that? Chinese doesnt have more financial strength than sony... I think there is some other problem with Sony... may be production problem... they are keeping my words so far "Sony is always good in fu*king something in their phones"

Exactly, there is no other reason why it won't be available at least with t-mobile. I can't but laugh at Sony fans and how delusional they were thinking that a Sony fan will beat an HTC/Samsung flagship in sales.

Please spare me the bull. Sony outsold htc last year without the us market. Htc are minnows, a company slowly going out of business. When was the last time they actually made a profit?
Please only htc fanatics and American techblogs think htc is anything. They have a bit of sales in America but elsewhere they're literally dead compared to other brands.
Back to the topic at hand, let's be honest many Americans have issues buying Japanese products. It goes back to wait and pearl harbour etc. You can see it from the disinterest many techblogs over there show to Sony products. They always pick on them downplaying their strengths and exaggerating their weaknesses. Against that sort of backdrop you can't blame Sony for being so tentative when it comes to the US. They have a greater presence in Canada after all!
Sony if they can dominate the European and Asian markets can very easily consolidate their place in market share producing healthy profits which is their stated objective. Well, if they keep putting out devices as fantastic as the z2, then that aim is very achievable.
Sorry for all the Sony lovers stateside but you guys are in the small minority. US techblogs treat Sony products with a lot of bias and that's probably put Sony off. Nobody wants to create a device as awesome as the z2 only to see it ridiculed by incredibly biased idiots. It'll be available unlocked though so guys start saving up for it. It's an awesome device. I've had it for over a week now and rust me, it's the best smartphone ever built. The camera is truly amazing!!!

So yr saying all the tech sites worldwide that are praising HTC phones are bull, but then yr saying HTC fans are the fanatic ones ?! There are two important markets where HTC are outselling Sony, USA and UK and possibly the rest of Europe.
But numbers are NOTHING! As for me, nothing against Sony phones, but I'll take HTC over Sony. But that's my personal preference.

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Feel like Sony won't be here in a decade. The only part of their business that is doing good is their console business and it's in decline. I love sony products so this makes me sad. Really wanted to get this on Verizon but made my decision to wait for 64 bit chips even easier.

If the truth hurts, quit complaining. I was waiting for the Z1 LTE to come out once it was released and it has just come out maybe 3 weeks ago (months after the Z2 was announced, so I decided to wait for it). Now Sony says that the Z2 will be released "in the summer" what month is that in?

Sony shot themselves in the foot by not sticking to their word. A company that has more than enough cashflow to fix any supplier issues, claims that it has no control over it? Please....

If I was Kaz Hirai, I would fire the retards who thought it was a good idea to release the phone elsewhere but the US.

I'm not an Apple or fanboy but, you don't see them delay the release of the iPhone for months....

lmao.. people don't care about sony here. was with some friends last time. they were all like " yaayy 'Retrica' is now avaible on samsungs" I said : "android? play store?" .. they said : "yes it's now for samsungs too". people don't care about sony or htc and others.. they think android is for samsung and other brands don't exist.. all they know about are "Galaxys and iPhones" Nokia and blackberry are a synonym for jokes.. and some don't even know sony devices even exist I swear.. they just don't care.. their galaxys get what they want done and it's a famous device loved by everyone plus feared and respected by apple owners, why buy a phone that would raise eyebrows

That's a blow on sony part. How are they going to compete against samsung which have higher rate in the U.S.? Think they should focus on the u.s. Marke guess sony don't care bout sales here in the u.s. Which kinda sucks.

This is utterly ridiculous. Why advertise something at CES along with a release date, and then you can't deliver?

Sony has plenty of money to outsell Apple, Samsung, etc. and I just don't understand why they can't take the gamble. The Z2 has a great featureset and it can give most phones a run for their money without breaking a sweat.

This is why Sony will never reach Apple, Samsung or even Nokia's market status world wide. They have nice devices and enough money but they go cheap on the marketing and every time they release a nice device worldwide they have a shortage of supply. Something fishy is going on in Sony.

Hey guys, just wondering what type of glass panel the z2 uses, I can't find the exact answer on google. IF it is gorilla glass, i won't bother for a screen protector, if it is something else, I may have to speed some money on a good glass screen protector. Any idea on what it really is, some say it is GG3, some say it is dragontrail, some say it is just tempered scatch resistance glass. PLS help me out, thanks a lot

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